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Mar 04, 2010 | ISBN 9780142415207 | Middle Grade (8-12) Buy *This format is not eligible to earn points towards the Reader Rewards program
Oct 02, 2008 | ISBN 9781101203057 | Middle Grade (8-12) Buy
May 13, 2010 | 178 Minutes Buy
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Mar 04, 2010 | ISBN 9780142415207 | Middle Grade (8-12)
Oct 02, 2008 | ISBN 9781101203057 | Middle Grade (8-12)
May 13, 2010 | ISBN 9781101223048
178 Minutes
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of HEAT, TRAVEL TEAM, and MILLION-DOLLAR THROW! Pedro Morales loves playing basketball, but he’s more of a team guy than a star – that would be Ned Hancock, the best player in their entire town. The two boys get along well, but their friendship is threatened when Pedro decides to run against Ned for class president. The election starts to affect their team, and Pedro learns who his real friends are and the best way to work together on and off the court.
Pedro Morales has always been content helping others look great. The epitome of a point guard, he plays the game to set up his teammates—Ned, in particular, the star forward on the receiving end of Pedro’s pinpoint passes. Pedro wants to make his father proud, and so he runs for class president. Yet doing so means going one-on-one against Ned, easily the most popular boy in school. And Pedro learns the hard way that being a good teammate doesn’t mean that others will return the favor. Now Pedro wants to win more than ever—but this time, it’s for himself.
Mike Lupica is a prominent sports journalist and the New York Times-bestselling author of more than forty works of fiction and non-fiction. A longtime friend to Robert B. Parker, he was selected by the Parker estate to continue the Sunny Randall and… More about Mike Lupica
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